Question: Road Cost ($/unit) Coastal Cost ($/unit) Low Cost Method ($/unit) AM 1 $84,609.33 $98,530.79 $73,343.53 AM 2 $62,728.63 $155,929.71 $60,812.08 AM 3 $69,751.42 $112,774.67 $65,641.94

Road Cost ($/unit) Coastal Cost ($/unit) Low Cost Method ($/unit)
AM 1 $84,609.33 $98,530.79 $73,343.53
AM 2 $62,728.63 $155,929.71 $60,812.08
AM 3 $69,751.42 $112,774.67 $65,641.94

Table 1: Total Cost per unit for each mode of transportation

Road Cost ($/unit) Coastal Cost ($/unit) Low Cost Method ($/unit)
AM 1 $47,693,704.78 $71,723,552.30 $41,027,787.92
AM 2 $100,140,983.91 $174,084,830.02 $92,971,672.98
AM 3 $58,316,447.62 $75,714,311.40 $49,491,325.17

Table 2: Total Cost by demand for each mode of transportation

AM 1 AM 2 AM 3
Road 153 230 209
Coastal 108 31 52

Table 3: Frequency of each transportation mode in the low cost method, by AM

Come up with an operationally realistic shipping plan that identifies specific lanes for coastal shipping in consideration of Ro-Ro capacity in each port-to-port direction. Justify your choice of Ro-Ro vessel(s) used and other considerations that you think are relevant, such as which AM(s) and dealerships would be included. Determine the savings amount of your proposed shipping plan and provide a summary of your plan that includes visuals such as tables, diagrams and/or maps. Also succinctly describe the most prominent operational considerations that affect the plan.

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